CINCINNATI - Xavier University's strong academic tradition continues to be upheld by its student-athletes after a successful Fall 2013 semester. This past semester, the overall student-athlete GPA was 3.23. This GPA represents the average each of Xavier's nearly 300 student-athletes' fall-term GPA's.

The Women's Golf team led the way with a program-high 3.8 GPA. Nine of Xavier's 16 sports programs had a 3.3 GPA or higher, including Women's Tennis, Women's Soccer, Women's Cross Country, Men's Tennis, Women's Swimming, Men's Swimming, Men's Soccer and Baseball.

This past October, the NCAA released its latest Graduation Success Rate (GSR) for student-athletes in Division I athletics. Xavier posted a score of 97 percent, which placed it tied for 12th in the nation and first in the BIG EAST.